From the Musical, “ANYTHING GOES,” 1934.
Words and Music by Cole Porter.
Cover Art by Benjamin Harris.
Copyright ©16 Nov 1934.
The sheet music:
LYRICS:
When those bells start to chime,
To commemorate the happy time,
When at last you can trust yourself to me.
For a change I suggest
That our marriage not be like the rest,
But a great deal less long and less gloomy,
For our bridesmaids we’ll choose
Only dancers from revues
And only ushers who can turn somersaults
And the old Wedding March, so pretentious and so arch,
Well gave to a lively waltz.
REFRAIN
When we waltz down the aisle
Won’t the papers have the vapors.
When we two start the style
Of a waltz down the aisle.
What a crush,
What a rush.
Delegations of relations
Will be there wearing a smile
When we waltz down the aisle.
Just a moment of delaying,
The the organ starts to boom.
What is the he’s playing?
Why, it’s “Here Comes the Bride” and the Groom.
Off we go, to and fro,
To the alter and the halter.
What a treat for the rank and file
When we walk down the aisle.
REPEAT REFRAIN